The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-26
A LESSON WITH A MORAL.
when VIII Our Eyes he Opened I" This
Great National Calamity?

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Great National Calamity?
The Year 1856 PLAYED sad havoc will
many prominent men Of our country.
Many OF them died without warning
passing away apparently III the full flush
of lite,
Others were sick but comparatively
short time. We turn To our files and are
astonished to find that most OF them died
of apoplexy, of paralysis, of nervous pros
tratlon, Of malignant blood humOr, of
BriGht's disease, Ct heat disease. of kid
ney disease, of rheumatism or of put
monia.
1t is singular that most of our pronii-
nent men die Of these disorders An,
Journallst who watches the telegraph Ie.
ports Will be astonished at the number
OF prominent victims of these disorders
Many statements have appeared in our
paper with others 70 the effect that the
disease that carried off so many promi
nent men in 1856 are really one disease,
taking different names according To the
location of the fatal effects.
When valuable horse perishes it be-
comes the nine days talk of the sporting
world, and yet thousands of ordinary
horses are dying every day, their aggre-
gate loss is enormous, and yet their death
creates no comment.
SO 1t Is with individuals. The cause Of
death of prominent men creates comment
especially when 1t can be shown that one
unsupported disease carries off most of
them, and yet vast numbers of ordinary
men and women die before their time
every year from the same cause
1t is said If the blood is kept free from
uric acid, that heart disease, paralysis.
nervous prostratlon. pneumonia, Theuma-
tlsm, and mony cases of consumption,
would never be known. This uric acid,
we are told, is the waste of the system,
and 1t is the duty OF the kidneys TO re
move this waste.
We are told that if the kidneys are
maintained in perfect health the uric.
kidney, acid is kept out of the blood, and
these sudden and universal diseases
caused by uric acid will in large meas
ure disappear.
But how shall this be done? 1t is folly
to treat effects. IL there is any known
way OF getting at the cause, that way
should be known to the public. We be-
hevs that Warmers safe cure of which SO
much has been written, and So much
talked OF by the public generally, ami
which can be obtained of dealers every
where, is now reconized by impartial
physicians and the public as the one spe-
clfic for such diseases.
Because public attention has been di-
rected to this great remedy by means OF
advertising, some persons have not be-
lieved in the remedy. We cannot see
how Mr.. Warner could Immediately ben
tit the public in any other way, and his
specific should not be condemned |
because some nostrnms have come be one
the public i'll the same way, any more
than that all doctors should be con-
demned because 50 many of them are in
1t is astonishing what good opinions
you hear on every side of that great rem
edy. and public opinion thus based upon |
an actual experience, has all the weight
and Importance of absolute truth.
AT this time of the year, the uric acld |
in the hood invites pneumonia and |
rheumatism, and there is not man who |
does rot dread these monsters of disease;
but he need have no fear OF them, we are |
told, if he rid the blood of the uric acid |
cause.
These words are strong, and may |
sound like an advertisement, and be re-
Jected as such by minimizing people. but |
we believe they are the truth, and as
such should be spoken by every truth
loving newspaper.